Abstract:
HydroServer is a set of software applications for publishing hydrologic datasets on the Internet. HydroServer leverages commercial software such as Microsoft SQL Server and ESRI's ArcGIS Server for publishing hydrologic data services for an experimental watershed or site.

There are numerous ways to set-up servers that meet some or all of the requirements necessary to function as a HydroServer, but the HIS project has identified a standard configuration using a combination of readily availabe off-the-shelf software including Microsoft SQL Server and ESRI's ArcGIS Server and a set of tools that have been developed by the HIS team.